Female education was thought a little time ago a subject only for ridicule ; now all castes send their girls to compete for the prizes of knowledge. Eighteen months ago we had only one caste Girls School on the station ; now we have three. Then we could not number a single Brahmin ; now we have Brahmin girls in every School.

Thomas Hodson testifies shortly afterwards : The tide of Hindu opinion on the matter of female education has turned

completely in our favour. At Royapettah the caste Girls School, conducted by a gifted East Indian Minister (Peter J.